Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy nomination. He was born in Bronx, New York to Shirley, a singer with the Sweethearts, and Cuba Gooding, Sr., a lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient. He has two brothers, musician Tommy Gooding and fellow actor Omar Gooding, and sister, April Gooding. His family moved to Los Angeles after Gooding Sr.'s music group had a hit single with "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972 but abandoned his family two years later. Gooding Jr. was raised by his mother and attended four different high schools: North Hollywood High School, Tustin High School, Apple Valley High School, and John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills in Los Angeles. He served as class president in three of them. His first job as a professional entertainer was as a break-dancer performing with singer Lionel Richie at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. After high school, Gooding studied Japanese martial arts for three years, before turning his focus toward acting. Early on, he landed guest starring roles on shows like Hill Street Blues (1981) and MacGyver (1985). His first major role was in the John Singleton's box office surprise and critical hit Boyz n the Hood (1991). He followed this success with roles in major films like A Few Good Men (1992), Lightning Jack (1994), Outbreak (1995), Men of Honor (2000), Rat Race (2001), and The Fighting Temptations (2003) in which he co-starred alongside Beyoncé Knowles. In 1996, he was cast as an arrogant football player on the brink of a career-ending injury in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire (1996). The film was a success and earned him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. His "Show Me The Money" line in the film became a nationwide catchphrase. In 1997, he had a notable supporting role in As Good As It Gets (1997). The next several years, his films were inconsistently successful; Boat Trip (2002), Norbit (2007), and Daddy Day Camp (2007), all of which had received extremely negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. Gooding also starred in a film titled A Murder of Crows, which he co-produced with his long time friend and business partner Derek Broes. The film was Gooding's first attempt at producing.  Since then, he has had series of starring roles in grittier films released direct-to-DVD such as the revenge dramas Hero Wanted and Wrong Turn at Tahoe, as well as the sci-fi action pic Hardwired and the action comedy Lies & Illusions. A well-received performance as Ben Carson in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) and a small supporting role in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007) both proved to be exceptions to this trend. An appearance in the World War II film, Red Tails, produced by George Lucas and with other prominent actors such as Terrence Howard, will mark his only return to the big screen since American Gangster.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
    Birthday
    1/2/1968
Chill Factor
Chill Factor
4.89
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
7.8
Hardwired
Hardwired
5
Snow Dogs
Snow Dogs
5.638
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
5.761
What Love Is
What Love Is
5.3
Boat Trip
Boat Trip
5.259
End Game
End Game
5.405
Shadowboxer
Shadowboxer
5.073
Radio
Radio
7.165
Daddy Day Camp
Daddy Day Camp
4.808
Linewatch
Linewatch
5.214
The Way of War
The Way of War
3.9
Hero Wanted
Hero Wanted
5.3
A Murder of Crows
A Murder of Crows
6.054
The Devil's Tomb
The Devil's Tomb
4.7
Ticking Clock
Ticking Clock
5.235
Sacrifice
Sacrifice
4.51
The Hit List
The Hit List
6
Firelight
Firelight
5.917
Summoned
Summoned
4.6
Life of a King
Life of a King
7.094
Absolute Deception
Absolute Deception
4.838
Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War
0
Bayou Caviar
Bayou Caviar
4.4
Athena Saves Christmas
Athena Saves Christmas
0
Judgment Night
Judgment Night
6.528
Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood
7.615
Dirty
Dirty
5.26
The Fighting Temptations
The Fighting Temptations
5.7
Lies & Illusions
Lies & Illusions
4
Men of Honor
Men of Honor
7.5
Instinct
Instinct
6.396
What Dreams May Come
What Dreams May Come
7.194
Harold
Harold
5.658
Daybreak
Daybreak
5.354
One in the Chamber
One in the Chamber
5.626
Freedom
Freedom
5.792
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit
6
For NYC
For NYC
0
Lightning Jack
Lightning Jack
5.559
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire
6.949
Gladiator
Gladiator
7.57
Red Tails
Red Tails
6.5
Life in a Year
Life in a Year
8.293
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
0
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
6.931
As Good as It Gets
As Good as It Gets
7.396
American Gangster
American Gangster
7.577
Losing Isaiah
Losing Isaiah
6.403
In the Shadows
In the Shadows
5.393
Outbreak
Outbreak
6.532
Rat Race
Rat Race
6.248
The Weapon
The Weapon
6.583
Norbit
Norbit
5.6
Home on the Range
Home on the Range
6.032
The Butler
The Butler
7.345
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
6
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
6.162
A Dairy Tale
A Dairy Tale
5.4
Selma
Selma
7.401
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
7
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen
7.027
Machete Kills
Machete Kills
5.6
Blown Away
Blown Away
6.2
Judgement
Judgement
3.3
Sing
Sing
6.2
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men
7.528
Zoolander
Zoolander
6.199
Coming to America
Coming to America
6.868
Trading Favors
Trading Favors
4.4
Welcome to Hollywood
Welcome to Hollywood
4
Don Jon
Don Jon
5.998
America: A Tribute to Heroes
America: A Tribute to Heroes
6
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